Fans of the anime Attack on Titans rejoice! The bloodshed will continue in a season 3, and it will arrive much more quickly than season 2 did. The story of the giants who breach humanity's walled cities to wage carnage on the early industrial populations started life in a manga by Hajime Isayama serialized by Bessatsu Shōnen Magazine in September 2009 (it's first collected volume was published in March 2010). The series gained popularity in Japan and got an anime series adaption in April 2013.

The anime series was "simulcast" in the US via services like Crunchyroll and gained popularity here when aired on Toonami starting May of 2014. The first season ended its original run September 29, 2013, then fans sat and waited. Sometimes a popular anime series would resume airing in the next season (Summer, Fall, etc), but sometimes they skip a seasonal timeframe or wait until the next year. Titan fans though, had to wait longer than that. Finally the second season was announced, and was set for April 2017 (once again services like Crunchyroll aired the series in the US same day, while Toonami got it later, but much quicker this time around). Unfortunately for fans though, the second season was much shorter than the first, ending today, June 17.

Fortunately for fans though, they will not have to wait as long to hear when the next season will air, nor will they have to wait as long (assuming no delays). At the end of the season 2 finale, "Scream", it was announced that season 3 will air in 2018. So less than the gap of 4 years between seasons 1 and 2. It hasn't been confirmed that season 3 will come to the US, there's a pretty good chance it will. No specific date has been announced, but we'll keep watch.

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